Civil War general and Seneca leader Ely Samuel Parker posthumously admitted to New York State Bar

Ely Samuel Parker, a Seneca leader and Civil War officer, has been posthumously admitted to the New York State Bar.

Seneca Soldier and Statesman Can Finally Add Lawyer to His Legacy

Ely Samuel Parker, a Native American who served as an aide to Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War, was kept from practicing ...

WWII Navajo Code Talkers honored as America's 'secret weapon' in '80s celebration

Ever heard of language as a secret weapon? Watch how the Navajo Code Talkers’ Indigenous language helped secure Allied ...

What ‘The American Revolution’ Says About Our Cultural Battles

In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the war for independence was also a civil war. Amid a bitter fight over history, its ...
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Next on Native Bidaské: Telling the Untold Native Stories of the American Revolution

Tune in Saturday, Nov. 15 at 4 pm ET for a special Native Bidaské as host Levi Rickert, editor of Native News Online, ...

Ken Burns says Americans have been fighting each other since the beginning

In his new documentary series "The American Revolution," the prolific filmmaker depicts a nation created by violence. Still, ...
CNN

Seven Civil War stories your teacher never told you

Perhaps your history teachers failed to alert you to these Civil War facts: Jefferson Davis nearly got mugged by an angry female mob; Abraham Lincoln loved the Confederate anthem "Dixie," and Paul ...